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G. C. MOORE. BLASTIG WOVEN FABRIC.

No. 456,154. Patented July 21, 1891.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. MOORE, OF EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A SSIGNOR OF ONE- HALFTO JOSEPH W. GREEN, JR., OF SAME PLACE.

`ELASTIC WOVEN FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,154, dated July 21,1891. s Applicationliled .Tuly 5, 1890. Serial No. 35 7,782.(Specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, GEORGE C. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Easthampton, in the county of Hampshire and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inElastic Woven Fabrics, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object to produce an ornamental narrow elasticwoven fabric suitable for garters, Suspenders, &c. To this end myimproved fabric is woven in such a Way as to produce at intervalsthereon transverse ribs with ornamen tal loops at the edges of thefabric, this ornamental appearance be-` ing preferably augmented bylongitudinal ribs, produced as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents in plan view andsomewhat enlarged a short section of myimproved fabric, and Fig. 2 is anenlarged diagram illustrating a cross-section thereof. v

My improved fabric consists of rubber warps a, fibrous binderwarp-threads b, 1ongitudinal filling or stuffing warp-threads c, and aweft d. The Weft is interwoven With the fibrous and rubber Warp-threadsin the usual manner, excepting at the points e, where several shots ofthe weft CZ are made without change of the warp-threads, in order tomass or double the weft upon itself,and thus pro'- duce a transversecorded or ribbed effect. As shown in the drawings, each of thesetransverse cords or ribs e consists of two cords, each of which isproduced by massing several shots of the weft together without change ofthe warp-threads, and at this point when weaving the fabric thewarpthreads b remain stationary and the lling or stuffing threads c arechanged in position to-separate the two transverse cords of each cord orrib e from each otherv and to bind the weft of the cords with the bodyof the fabric. The weft at the point where the transverse ribs are madeat both sides thereof at the edges of the fabric is extended out overwires in Weaving to form the ornamental.

edged loops f, these loops being preferably made of two or more lengths,as shown, to increase the ornamental effect.

My improved fabric is also woven in such a manner as to presentlongitudinal cords or ribs g, this effect being produced by massingseveral rubber warps and asuitable number of filling or stuiing threadstogether in one tube, as is more clearly shown in Fig-2, Where fourrubber warps, in connection with a suitable number of fibrous filling orstuffing warp-threads, in this instance eight in number, are representedas being inclosed in the tubes forming the cords or ribs g. As the weftis lioated over these massed rubber Warps and the filling or stuffingwarp-threads inclosed therewith, long stitches are formed at thesepoints, giving a marked corded effect, which is somewhat augmented -bythe rubber warps being piled upon each other, as is more clearly shownin Fig. 2, to make the cords or ribs g stand out prominently on bothsides of the fabric. 1- I am aware that it is not new, broadly, to weaveribbons and other narrow fabrics with projecting loops, forming what isknown as pearl-edge, and -I do not therefore wish to be understood asclaimingk this feature broadly; but, so far as I am aware, narrowelastic fabrics having transverse ribs produced by massing several shotsof the weft together, combined with ornamental edge loops opposite thesetransverse ribs, either with or Without longitudinal cords or ribs, havenot heretofore been produced.

What I claim is- 1. An elastic fabric composed of rubber warps, fibrousbinder warp-threads, filling or vstuffing warp-threads, and aweft-thread, the

said fabric being provided on its outer surfaces with transverse ribs e,formed by meshing several shots of the weft together between the changesof the warp-threads, and the said fabric having at its edges oppositesaid ribs the loops f.

2. An elastic 'fabric composed of rubber warps, iibrous warp-threads,filling or stuing Warp-threads, and a weft-thread, thesaid fabric havinglongitudinal cords or ribs g,

formed by messing several rubber Warps to- In testimony whereofax mySignature in gethern one tube, and having also the transpresence of tWoWitnesses. Y verse ribs e, formed by messing several shots of the wefttogether between the changes of GEO. C. MOORE.

5 the Warp-threads, and the said fabric hav- Vtnesses:

ing at its edges opposite said transverse ribs JOSV. GREEN, Jr., l theloops f. JAMES E. CoYLE.

